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The Wallace Collection - Haydn Transformed Vol. 1: The Bird, The Emperor and The Dream

The Wallace Collection - The Bird, The Emperor and The Dream. A taste of The Wallace Collection's Haydn Transformed Project. 23 Haydn string quartets imaginatively transcribed for brass quintet c1860-68 by Julien Tollot. 

CD, 2023

Haydn Transformed V.1

The Bird, The Emperor and The Dream

This recording, the first of The Wallace Collection’s Haydn Transformed project, presents three of the 23 Haydn string quartets that were transformed into brass quintets by Julien Tollot (1825-1896) in his ‘Collection des Quatuors d’Haydn’ that was rediscovered in 2021 by Sandy Coffin in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Performed on period instruments, these offer significant insight to the performance practices of the era while also providing a little taste of this important, lost repertoire which deserves a new spotlight.


Playlist:

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), arr. Julien Tollot (1825-96)


Quartet Hob.III:39 (Op.33 no. 3) ‘The Bird’

i.. Allegro moderato

Ii Allegro grazioso

iii. Scherzo Allegro

iv. Rondo Allegro: Final


Quartet Hob,III:77 (Op.76 no. 3) ‘The Emperor’

i. Allegro moderato

ii. Théme varié: Allegretto

iii. Minuetto Allegro

iv. Final: Allegro


Quartet Hob.III:48 (Op. 50 no. 5) ‘The Dream’

i. Allegretto

ii. Andante poco adagio

iii. Minuetto allegretto

iv. Finale allegretto


Performers:
John Miller: Trumpet in Eb (C. Mahillon, Brussels c1900) (The Bird)

Soprano cornet in Eb (Higham contesting model c. 1923) (Emperor, Dream)

John Wallace: Cornet in Bb (Bayley Acoustic Model, London 1862)

Fergus Kerr: Saxotromba in Eb and F (Labbaye, autorise Adolphe Sax, 1856-65)
Paul Stone: Baritone Saxotromba in Bb (F. Besson, c1880)
Anthony George: Bass saxhorn in C (Boosey & Co., London c1880)


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Cat. No. TWC: TWC-SR2023-001